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I've been listening to Notes In Spanish which, rather than being a parrot fashion learn and repeat kind of thing, is nice, steady conversations between a non-native and a native speaker. It's brilliant; it moves at just the right pace for a learner to listen and understand, as well as learn new stuff.

Are there any others like it? I could download real Spanish podcasts (I'm thinking news bulletins, etc. but they move too fast, as they are designed for native speakers, obviously).

I am currently at lesson #14 and it is really good, with in each lesson an entertaining and natural conversation, an explanation of some specific grammatical point, some typical vocab... and it is really well made. I mean in a professional kind of way. Depending on your current level, it might be what's your looking for.

It's about 25 to 30 minutes per lesson.

I just went with the free podcast, there is some paid material too, it might help but I don't think it's really necessary.

Hello there sir! Try cartoons in Spanish ! Like the flintstones (Spanish: Los picapiedras) or the jetsons (Spanish: Los jetsons) Lolz..
I grew up between Venezuela and the northernmost point of Latin America, Miami, Fl. As I forgot Spanish I watched cartoons and movies in Spanish, and vice verza. You actually get very good vocabulary from those old school Hanna Barbera cartoons... Scooby-doo should be good too ... Try searching Alfredo-doo j/k it's the same

I haven't lurked much here but surely there have been a bunch of links to those websites where you can connect with native speakers online or find them in real life?

EDIT: maybe I shouldn't assume everyone lives in a town with Spanish speakers / sees them all the time. But those sites are definitely worth checking out and communicating with native speakers is extremely important.

Of course. That's obvious. However, I live in the UK where Spanish is NOT the second language. In fact, I live in the Turkish neighbourhood of town. I also simply don't have time to always connect with people. I just want to listen to them.

I'm aware of the differences in both. I live in the UK, so the Spanish community here is both European and Latino. I watch the Simpsons in Latin Spanish, but I holiday in Spain. My wife teaches LatAm, but I work with Spanish people...

try 'la casa rojas'. it's this peruvian spanish teacher living in minnesota who has podcasts where he is speaking only in spanish (they're not grammar lessons, but simply him talking about different subjects) but as he's a teacher, he knows how to speak in a way that isn't horribly challenging while maintaining a natural sense of fluency. there are also grammar videos and written materials (Some of these you have to pay for, but not all).

also I just discovered this site called 'advanced spanish for the spanish obsessed' that is a series of podcasts with conversations between non native and native speakers (mostly latinos). It's good because it's not dumbing anything down but it's slow and manageable. They have transcripts of all of the conversations and vocabulary for free too.